Roman Farm Management: The Treatises of Cato and Varro
by Marcus Porcius Cato
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Contents
- Preface
- Foreword to Second Edition
- Note Upon the Roman Agronomists
- Note on the Obligation of Virgil to Varro
- Cato's De Agricultura
- I
- 2° Concerning the Equipment of a Farm
- 3° Concerning the Operation of a Farm
- 4° Concerning the Agricultural Seasons
- A Calendar of Agricultural Operations
- Another Calendar of Six Agricultural Seasons
- 1° Preparing Time
- 2° Planting Time
- 3° Cultivating Time
- 4° Harvest Time
- 5° Housing Time
- 6° Consuming Time
- Book II. The Husbandry of Live Stock
- The Husbandry of the Steading